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Originally Posted by redvalaria  well, maybe its me, then.
because every other day is an article in the news, a tv story, or some other information about back yard breeders, puppy mills and the like.
How could you exist in OUR WORLD of internet, twitter, mass communications and NOT KNOW about puppy mills? It seems to me they are firmly out of the closet, known to quite a lot of the world. 60 minutes does another piece about them about every quarter...as do the other news outlets.
There are shows on all the cable networks about rescue groups and the detrimental aspects of bad breeding, so, it still astounds me that people walk into pet stores and buy dogs.
A gerbil, maybe, but a dog?
I still don't get it. More to the point, everyone acts all shocked and surprised that they didn't get a "high quality pet" from these sources. |
So your not getting it, are you?
I don't mean to post or get nasty , but I don't like , lets say your approach to this thread. I am telling you and this coming from a person who was born and bred in New York(I am very street smart) that 4yrs ago I didn't know about puppy-mills or where these cute little babies came from, just knew I wanted one . After I joined a forum and was told the truth I actually cried. Then anger set in , then I blamed myself for not knowing. I was really defensive and would ignore a lot of posters. But secretly I was reading the forums on puppy-mills byb's and brokers and I GOT IT!
Once I knew I set myself straight and tried to educate anyone who would listen and if I stopped even one person from buying from a pet-store I felt like I had redeemed myself .
You say "more to the point , everyone acts all shocked and surprised", thats exactly how I was and felt.
Don't be like that, give people the benefit of the doubt, try to see the other side of not knowing . If you try to understand others with some compassion and not this well you should have known this or that attitude you will be a better person and people are more receptive to niceness than criticism .
I hope one day you do get it and post nicer about this subject . It's not that people have their head in a bubble it's that some time certain issues in life are not paid attention to and when you want that little adorable puppy , you don't research enough and your emotions get the best of you.
Be nice , be helpful , life is just to short not to be...
